Bomb expert responds to New Bedford dynamite scare

A fake stack of dynamite, wrapped together and attached to a kitchen timer, prompted a visit Wednesday from a Massachusetts State Police bomb squad technician.

NEW BEDFORD — A fake stack of dynamite, wrapped together and attached to a kitchen timer, prompted a visit Wednesday from a Massachusetts State Police bomb squad technician.

After a brief examination, the bomb squad technician determined the red sticks, which resembled road flares, to be a hoax device, which is a crime punishable up to five years in state prison.

Around 1:45 p.m., an ABC Disposal employee found the fake device in a garbage barrel that had been placed outside a vacant single-family home at 97 Linden St.

Police and firefighters responded and cordoned off the area until Trooper Scott Fahey, the bomb squad technician, arrived. Fahey told local police and firefighters at the scene that the sticks were just empty tubes, not dynamite.

Brian Fraga

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